Opioid Overdose and Control Strategies

• In Event: Opioid Use: Correlates, Consequences, and Control

Abstract

This paper addresses a problem of data collection of opioid overdose cases. Collecting comprehensive information on the opioid abuse is essential for the understanding of the magnitude of the situation. The accurate diagnosis of the epidemic will also suggest guidelines when devising opioid abuse control/treatment strategies. Therefore, this research tries to analyze the current data system containing opioid abuse cases such as fundamental information on opioid use, users’ demographic information, and related crimes.

Author

• Tae Choo, University of North Georgia